Just got done reading a book by the founder of Executive Outcomes called "Executive Outcomes: Against All Odds" by Eeben Barlow. It was an incredible story and even if half of is true it is amazing. Definitely makes you wonder who in the world really wants Africa to be stable and prosperous continent.

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Put a small child in a playpen with an apple and a bunny. If s/he eats the apple and plays with the bunny, s/he's normal;but if s/he eats the bunny and plays with the apple, I'll buy you a new car. Somewhere along the line we must have been TAUGHT to do the wrong thing.

I bought it when I was in South Africa. I don't think it is available in the US but you can find it online in South Africa at http://www.exclusivebooks.com/

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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

Winston Churchill

Put a small child in a playpen with an apple and a bunny. If s/he eats the apple and plays with the bunny, s/he's normal;but if s/he eats the bunny and plays with the apple, I'll buy you a new car. Somewhere along the line we must have been TAUGHT to do the wrong thing.

There is another good book that involves EO in Africa. It's called "Operation Certain Death". I don't remember the author. The story is supposedly a true account of EO assisting with air ops and fire support for a Britsh SAS and SBS rescue of a British Army unit being held hostage by the West Side Boys in Sierra Leone in the early 90's during the civil war. It's a long book, but a real page turner.

There is another good book that involves EO in Africa. It's called "Operation Certain Death". I don't remember the author. The story is supposedly a true account of EO assisting with air ops and fire support for a Britsh SAS and SBS rescue of a British Army unit being held hostage by the West Side Boys in Sierra Leone in the early 90's during the civil war. It's a long book, but a real page turner.

Is that the one that had "imagined" dialogue and characters representing real people? It's either that one or another about the same events. I really didn't like it because of that factor. The author tried to jazz up something that didn't need it imo.

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"The real problem was being able to stick it out, to sit in an office under the orders of a wee man in a dark gray suit and look out of the window and recall the bush country, the waving palms, the smell of sweat and cordite, the grunts of the men hauling jeeps over the river crossings, the copper-tasting fears just before the attack, and the wild, cruel joy of being alive afterward. To remember, and then go back to the ledgers and the commuter train, that was impossible. He knew he would eat his heart out if it ever came to that."

I don't remember anything about imagined dialogue, it was written as a non-fiction piece. I read it about 3 years ago. Good back stories on all the players and good historical groundwork on the conflict.

I just checked the Random House listing for it. They have it listed as Military History. The author is Damien Lewis (2004) The story takes place in 1999 not the early 90's, sorry about that.

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I enjoyed the book well written.Mr.Barlow was not afraid to take shots at the media or the South African goverment.
After the hard work EO did the UN undid it all.Learned a lot about Angola and conflicts in Africa.Was not surprised at the poser companies calling themselves EO.
Hopefully a US publisher will pick this book up.Good read IMHO.